Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character.

This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.

When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.

A vague uneasiness: the police. It's like when you suddenly understand you have to undress in front of the doctor.

We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance, we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned.

Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead.

Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character.